California
For the last 70 years, Wilmington residents have faced off to become the blue-collar community’s honorary mayor. The winner gets a two-year term that offers no salary, no staff and no political power.
Sept. 18, 2024
Music
Similarities between Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ and Bruno Mars’ ‘When I Was Your Man’ are now lawsuit fodder: A copyright case has been filed against the pop diva.
Sept. 17, 2024
World & Nation
The fact-finding mission found rights violations including arbitrary detentions, torture, sexual and gender-based violence by the country’s security forces.
Lifestyle
In ‘The Morrison Game Factory,’ Lauren Bello created an affecting, story-driven tabletop game about an abandoned board game factory — a tale of love and loss.
Sept. 19, 2024
Long Beach is rolling out a pilot program that will provide as many as 10 homeowners low- to zero-interest loans of up to $250,000 to build ADUs on their property. Those units would then be rented out to lower-income individuals or families.
Opinion
The family of the late Isaac Hayes has joined scores of musicians — including Adele, Celine Dion, the Village People and the White Stripes — who have cried foul.
Sept. 5, 2024
Housing & Homelessness
Step Up On Second Street helped inspire California’s Project Homekey to convert hotels into housing; now it denies responsibility for missing money and failed projects.
Television
In Screen Gab No. 148, we answer your most pressing questions about Hulu reality show ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,’ plus streaming recommendations for your weekend.
Sept. 13, 2024
Richard Castro is expected to receive six years in prison for the death of Isaiah Rodriguez.
Sept. 6, 2024
Awards
Netflix will campaign for Wiig and co-writer Sean Douglas for the folksy ditty ‘Harper and Will Go West,’ the company confirmed exclusively to the L.A. Times.
Aug. 29, 2024